Plasminogen Definition

Plasminogen Sentence Examples

• One such drug is called tissue plasminogen activator (alteplase) which is a clot-dissolving drug not yet in common use in the UK.

• The majority of data are from trials using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA ), also known as alteplase.

• Furthermore, we have identified uPA (urokinase-type plasminogen activator) as an anosmin-1 interactant.

• These proteins convert plasminogen to plasmin, which in turn degrades fibrin, the main component of the clot.

• The function of t-PA is to cleave a particular peptide bond in plasminogen, forming plasmin (which is itself a serine protease ).